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abhiniveśa

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clinging to bodily life

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ābhyantara vṛtti

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internal retention of breath

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abhyāsa

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spiritual practice

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Adiśeṣa

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the thousand-headed cobra upon which world the rests according to Hindu mythology

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āgami karma

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karma being performed in the present

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Agni

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fire; the deva (god) or ruling power of fire

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aham

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I

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ahaṁkāra

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ego feeling

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ahiṁsā

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non-injury (one of the yamas)

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ajapa

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unrepeated

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akartā

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non-doer

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ākāśa

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the ether

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amṛta

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nectar; immortality

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anāgata

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not yet come (refers to the silence beyond the OM vibration, the unpronounced praṇava); the heart cakra

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ānanda

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bliss

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ānapānasati

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(Pali) Buddhist meditation technique involving watching the incoming and outgoing breath

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antaraṅga

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internal part

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aṇu

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atom

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anuśāsanam

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exposition, instruction

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apāna

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energy descending from the navel pit within the human body

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aparigrahā

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non-greed, non-hoarding, non-acceptance of gifts (one of the yamas)

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apuṇya

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non-virtuous; wicked

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artha

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meaning; wealth

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asaṁprajñata

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undistinguished samādhi (see Book One, sūtra 18)

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āsana

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pose (the 3rd of the eight limbs of Aṣṭāṅga Yoga); seat

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āsana siddhi

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accomplishment of an āsana

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asmita

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egoity, ego sense, egoism, I-ness

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āśrama

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a spiritual community where seekers practice and study under the guidance of a spiritual master; every stage of life, such as brahmacarya, gṛhastha, vānaprastha, and sannyāsa

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aṣṭāṅga

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eight-limbed

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Aṣṭāṅga Yoga

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the Yoga of eight limbs; another name for Rāja Yoga (see Book Two, sūtra 29)

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asteya

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non-stealing (one of the yamas)

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Ātma, Ātman

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the Self

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avyakta

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unmanifested

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āyu

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life

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Āyurveda

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(lit. scripture of life) one of the Indian systems of medicine

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bāhya

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external

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bāhya vṛtti

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external retention of breath

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bandha

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bondage; lock

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Bhagavad Gītā

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Hindu scripture in which Lord Kṛṣṇa instructs his disciple Arjuna in the various aspects of Yoga

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bhāvana

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thought, feeling; attitude

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bhoga

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enjoyment

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bhuvana

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universe

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bījam

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seed

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brahmacarya

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(lit. relating to Brahman) continence, sense control, celibacy (one of the yamas); the stage in life of the celibate student

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brahmamuhūrta

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two-hour period before sunrise (between four and six a.m.), especially conducive to meditation

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Brahman

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the unmanifest supreme consciousness or God;

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buddhi

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intellect; discriminative faculty of mind

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cakra

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(lit. wheel) one of the subtle nerve centers alone the spine which, when concentrated upon, yields experiences of various levels of consciousness

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cit

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the principle of universal intelligence or consciousness

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citta-nāśa

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(lit. death of the mind) dissolution of mind in meditation

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cittam

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mind-stuff

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Dakṣiṇāmūrti

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(lit. south-faced deity) an aspect of Lord Śiva in which he instructs through silence

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darśana

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vision or experience of a divine form or being

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deśa

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space; place of concentration during Yoga practice

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deva

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celestial being; controller of an aspect of nature

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deva loka

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the plane where the gods abide

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dhāraṇā

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concentration (the sixth of the eight limbs of Aṣṭāṅga Yoga)

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dharma

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duty, righteousness, moral

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dharmamegha samādhi

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“cloud of virtue” samādhi (see Book Four, sūtra 29)

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dhyāna

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meditation (the 7th of the eight limbs of Aṣṭāṅga Yoga)

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divya

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divine

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duḥka

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suffering

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dveṣa

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dislike

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ekāgrata pariṇāma

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mental modification of one-pointedness

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gṛhastha

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householder stage of life

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guṇa

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one of the qualities of nature (sattva, rajas and tamas or balance, activity and inertia)

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guru

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(lit. remover of darkness) spiritual guide, teacher

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hāna

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removal

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hāno-pāya

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method for removal of sorrow

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hatha

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(lit. ha – sun; tha – moon)

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Hatha Yoga

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the physical aspect of Yoga practice, including postures (āsanas), breathing techniques (prāṇāyāma), seals (mudras), locks (bandhas) and cleansing practices (kriyas)

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hiṁsā

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injury or pain; violence

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Indra

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the king of the gods or ruling powers of nature

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indriya

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sense organ

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Iṣta devatā

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one’s chosen deity

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Īśvara

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the supreme cosmic soul; God

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Īśvara praṇidhāna

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worship of God or self-surrender (one of the yamas) [mws: typo in the glossary of the book, this is a niyama]

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japa

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repetition of a mantra

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Japa Yoga

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science of mantra repetition

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jaya

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victory, mastery

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jīva(tman)

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individual soul

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jīvanmukta

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liberated living soul

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jñāna

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wisdom of the Self; knowledge, idea

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Jñāna Yoga

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Yoga of Self-inquiry

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jyotiḥ

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illumination, effulgence, light

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kaivalya

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experience of absoluteness; non-qualified experience

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kāla

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time

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karma

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action and reaction

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Karma Yoga

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performing actions as selfless service without attachment to the results

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karmāśaya

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womb, or bag, or karmas

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karunā

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mercy, compassion

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kāya-kalpa

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a tonic for physical rejuvenation

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kevala

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without qualities or conditions

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kevala kuṁbhaka

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natural, automatic breath retention during deep meditation

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kleśa

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obstruction or obstacle

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kriyā

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action, practice; (Hatha Yoga) cleansing practice

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Kriyā Yoga

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according to Patañjali: the three preliminary steps in Yoga (tapas, svadhyaya and Īśvara praṇidhāna or austerity, study and self-surrender)

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kuṁbhaka

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breath retention

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kuṇḍalinī

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(lit. coiled energy) the energy stored at the base of every individual’s spine

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loka

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a world of names and forms

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mahaṛṣi

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great sage

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mahat

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great

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mahāvrata

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(lit great vows) refers to the yamas

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maitrī

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friendliness

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manas

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the desiring faculty of the mind-stuff

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Māṇḍukya Upaniṣad

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the Upanishadic treatise of OM, considered the crest jewel of all the Upaniṣads

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mano-nāśa

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death or dissolution of the mind

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mantra

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(lit. that makes the mind steady) a sound formula for meditation

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mara

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(Tamil) tree

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māyā

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illusion

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mayūrāsana

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(Hatha Yoga) the peacock pose

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mokṣa

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liberation

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mudrā

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sign, seal or symbol

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mukta

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set free, released, liberated

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mukti

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liberation, freedom

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musu-musu-kkai

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(Tamil) herb used for Ayurvedic healing; it also means “hand of monkey” and “monkey”

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nāḍī suddhi

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(Hatha Yoga) nerve-cleansing prāṇāyāma in which one breathes alternately through left and right nostrils

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Nārada

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a sage and celestial singer of divine names

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nauli

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(Hatha Yoga) stomach kriyā where one isolates and then churns the abdominal recti muscles

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Nāyanārs

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the sixty-three Saivite saints of South India

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nirbīja

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without seed, seedless

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nirodha

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cessation, restraint

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nirodha parināma

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the moment of conjunction of a thought and one’s effort to restrain it

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nirvāna

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(lit. nakedness) in the Buddhist teachings, the state of liberation

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nirvicāra

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without reflection (see Book One, sūtra 44)

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nirvikalpa

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without thought or imagination

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nirvitarka

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without reasoning (see Book One, sūtra 43)

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nitya

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eternal, permanent

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niyama

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observance (the second of the eight limbs of Aṣṭāṅga Yoga; see Book Two, sūtra 32)

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ojas

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the subtle energy resulting from the preservation of sexual energy

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OM

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the cosmic sound vibration which includes all other sounds and vibrations, the basic mantra, the absolute Brahman as sound

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pāda

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portion

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pādārtha

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a thing; the substance and its meaning

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pāñca indriya

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the five senses

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Pāñca Tantra

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(lit.) five attitudes or approaches

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Parabrahman

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the supreme unmanifest consciousness or God

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parama

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highest, supreme

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paścimotanāsana

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(Hatha Yoga) the full-forward bending pose

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Patañjali Mahārṣi

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Yogi and sage who compiled the Yoga Sūtras; considered to be the “Father of Yoga”

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phalam

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fruit; effect

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prakāśa

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illumination; sattva

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Prakṛti

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the Nature

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prāṇa

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the vital energy

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prāṇa-apāna

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the ascending and descending energy within the human body

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prāṇava

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OM, the basic hum of the universe

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prāṇāyāma

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the practice of controlling the vital force, usually through control of the breath (the fourth of the eight limbs of Aṣṭāṅga Yoga)

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praṇidhāna

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total dedication

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prārabdha karma

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the karma which has caused one’s present birth

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prasādam

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consecrated food offering; grace

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pratipakṣa bhāvana

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practice of substituting opposite thought forms in the mind

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pratyāhāra

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sense control; withdrawal of the senses from their objects (the 5th of the eight limbs of Aṣṭāṅga Yoga)

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pūjā

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worship service

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puṇya

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virtuous

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Puruṣa

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the divine Self which abides in all beings

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rāga

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liking, desire; tune

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rājā

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king

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Rāja Yoga

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the “Royal Yoga;” the system of concentration and meditation based on ethical discipline

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rajas

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activity; restlessness (one of the three guṇas)

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Rām(a)

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a name of God; a powerful seed mantra

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Ramakrishma Paramahamsa

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(1836-1886) – saint of India; Guru of Swami Vivekananda

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Rāmana Maharṣi

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(1879-1950) sage of Thiruvannamalai; jñāni of India

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Rāmāyana

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epic telling the story of Lord Rāma as a dutiful son, brother, husband, warrior and king

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ṛtaṁbharā prajñā

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absolute true conscionsness

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rūpa

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appearance; form

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sa-ānanda

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samādhi on the sattvic mind (see Book One, sūtra 17)

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sa-asmita

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samādhi on the egoity alone (see Book One, sūtra 17)

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śabda

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sound, word or name

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sabīja

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with seed

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sādhana

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spiritual practice

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sadhu

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a spiritual person, often a wandering mendicant

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sahasrāra (cakra)

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thousand-petaled lotus; the subtle center at the crown of the head, where the consciousness and energy go in the higher samādhis

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Śaiva Siddhānta

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a philosophy which leads to the worship of the Absolute as Lord Śiva

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Śaivism

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sect of Hinduism which worships the Absolute as Lord Śiva

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sākṣi

A

witness

175
Q

śakti, Śakti

A

energy; the Divine Mother

176
Q

samādhi

A

contemplation, superconscious state, absorption (the eighth and final limb or culmination of the eight limbs of Aṣṭāṅga Yoga)

177
Q

samādhi pariṇāma

A

development in samādhi

178
Q

saṁkyā

A

count in prāṇāyāma

179
Q

saṁprajñāta

A

distinguished samādhi (see Book One, sūtra 17)

180
Q

saṁsāra

A

round of births and deaths; family

181
Q

saṁskāra

A

mental impression

182
Q

saṁtoṣa

A

contentment

183
Q

saṁyama

A

practice of dhārāṇa, dhyāna and samādhi upon one object, usually for the attainment of a particular power

184
Q

saṁyoga

A

perfect union

185
Q

sanjita karma

A

karma awaiting another lifetime to bear fruit

186
Q

sannyāsa

A

renunciation

187
Q

sannyāsi

A

a renunciate; member of the Holy Order of Sannyās, having taken formal initiation from another sannyāsi

188
Q

śānti

A

peace

189
Q

saptadhā bhūmi

A

the seven planes of understanding

190
Q

Sat

A

existence or Truth

191
Q

Sat-cid-ānanda

A

existence-knowledge-bliss absolute

192
Q

sattva

A

purity, balanced state (one of the three guṇas)

193
Q

satya

A

truth; truthfulness (one of the yamas)

194
Q

śauca

A

purity (one of the niyamas)

195
Q

savāsana

A

(Hatha Yoga) the corpse pose

196
Q

savicāra

A

samādhi with reflection (see Book One, sūtra 17)

197
Q

savikalpa

A

samādhi with thought or imagination

198
Q

savitarka

A

samādhi with reasoning (see Book One, sūtra 17 & 42)

199
Q

siddha

A

an accomplished one, often with supernatural powers

200
Q

siddhi

A

accomplishment

201
Q

Śiva

A

God as asupiciousness

202
Q

Śivananda, Swami

A

(1887-1963) – sage of the Himalayas, founder of the Divine Life Society; Guru of Swami Satchidananda

203
Q

smṛti

A

memory; code of law

204
Q

śraddhā

A

faith

205
Q

Śri

A

Goddess of Divine Wealth; eminent or illustrious; used in names to show respect or reverence

206
Q

staṁbha vṛtti

A

breath retention

207
Q

sthala siddhi

A

mastery over staying in one place (usually for at least twelve years)

208
Q

sthiti

A

inertia; tamas

209
Q

sukha

A

happiness

210
Q

sukha pūrvaka

A

(lit. easy, comfortable breathing) alternate nostril breathing with retention

211
Q

sūtra

A

(lit. thread) aphorism

212
Q

svādhyāya

A

spiritual study (one of the niyamas)

213
Q

svarūpa

A

essential nature

214
Q

swāmī

A

renunciate; member of the Holy Order of Sannyās

215
Q

tamas

A

inertia, dullness (one of the three guṇas)

216
Q

tanmātram

A

subtle element

217
Q

Tantra Yoga

A

a practice using yantra and mantra to experience the union of Śiva and Śakti (or the masculine and feminine, positive and negative forces) within the individual

218
Q

tapas(yā)

A

(lit. to burn) spiritual austerity; accepting but not causing pain (one of the niyamas)

219
Q

Tat

A

That; the unlimited, unmanifested Absolute

220
Q

tattva

A

principle

221
Q

tejas

A

illumination; the aura of a brahmacari

222
Q

Thirumūlar

A

Tamil saint of South India

223
Q

trādaka

A

gazing, concentration practice

224
Q

tyāga

A

dedication

225
Q

uḍḍyana bandha

A

(Hatha Yoga) stomach lift

226
Q

Upaniṣads

A

the final portion of each of the Vedas which gives the non-dualistic Vedānta philosophy

227
Q

vairāgyam

A

dispassion, detachment or non-attachment

228
Q

Vālmīki

A

legendary Indian sage and poet who wrote the Rāmāyana, the epic story of the life of Śri Rāma

229
Q

vānaprastha

A

recluse or pilgrim who has finished family responsibilities and taken to the spiritual life; the stage prior to sannyāsa or formal renunciation

230
Q

Varuṇa

A

the deva (god) or ruling power of water

231
Q

vāsanā

A

(lit. smell) the impression of actions that remains unconsciously in the mind and induces a person to repeat the action (example: the smell of perfume is the vāsanā of perfume)

232
Q

Vedānta

A

final experience of the study of the Vedas

233
Q

Vedas

A

the wisdom scriptures of Hinduism (Rig, Sama, Yajur and Atharva)

234
Q

vibhūti

A

blessing or power

235
Q

videha

A

bodiless

236
Q

vidyā

A

knowledge, learning

237
Q

vikalpa

A

thought or imagination; verbal delusion

238
Q

viparyaya

A

misconception

239
Q

vīrya

A

vital energy, strength; semen

240
Q

viveka

A

discrimination of the real from the unreal

241
Q

Vivekānanda, Swami

A

(1862-1902) – a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and one of the founders of the Ramakrishna Order

242
Q

vṛtti

A

modification

243
Q

yama

A

abstinence (the 1st of the eight limbs of Aṣṭāṅga Yoga; see Book Two, sūtra 30)

244
Q

yantra

A

a sacred geometrical figure representing a particular aspect of the Divine

245
Q

Yoga

A

(lit union) union of the individual with the Absolute; any course that makes for such union; unruffled state of mind under all conditions

246
Q

Yoga mudrā

A

(Hatha Yoga) the symbol of Yoga; a posture which awakens the spiritual force within the individual

Yoga Vocabulary (7 decks)

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